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Cloture

Cloture is a Senate procedure that limits further consideration of a pending proposal to thirty hours in order to end a filibuster.

Senate Action of Cloture Motions, 1917-Present

Rules & Procedures

Rule XXII
Search: Riddick's Senate Procedure (GPO)
Invoking Cloture in the Senate (pdf) (CRS)
Cloture: Its Effect on Senate Proceedings (pdf) (CRS)
Cloture Attempts on Nominations (pdf) (CRS)

Origins & Development

Historical Briefing: Filibuster and Cloture
Cloture Rule Mar 8, 1917
"The American Senate" Published Jun 1, 1926
Filibusters and Cloture in the Senate (pdf) (CRS)

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